{{short description|Irish cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Damien Shaw | image = Damien Shaw.jpg | image_size = | caption = Shaw at the 2016 Tour of Britain | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Mullingar, Republic of Ireland | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2011–2012 | amateurteam1 = Lakeside Wheelers CC | amateuryears2 = 2013–2014 | amateurteam2 = Aquablue | amateuryears3 = 2015 | amateurteam3 = Team Asea | amateuryears4 = 2019 | amateurteam4 = Strata 3–VeloRevolution | proyears1 = 2016–2017 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2016}} | proyears2 = 2018 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|HOL|2018}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Damien Shaw''' (born 10 July 1984) is a retired Irish road racing cyclist who rode professionally for {{UCI team code|SKT|2017}} and {{UCI team code|HOL|2018}}. He was the 2015 Irish National Road Race Champion and won a stage on the UCI Europe Tour at the 2017 Tour du Loir et Cher.<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Hughes|url=https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2020/02/21/damien-shaw-decides-to-hang-up-his-racing-wheels/|title=Damien Shaw decides to hang up his racing wheels|work=Westmeath Examiner|publisher=Celtic Media Group|date=21 February 2020|accessdate=20 February 2022}}</ref>
==Career==
Shaw was a tandem pilot at the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in 2012 in the road time trial B with James Brown.
He was the Irish National Road Race Champion in 2015, finishing one minute and two seconds ahead of future Grand Tour stage winner Eddie Dunbar.<ref>[https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/nc-ireland/2015/result ProCyclingStats - 2015 Irish National Championship Road Race]</ref> Shaw also finished third in the 2013 edition of the race, and had four second-place finishes in the National Championship Criterium race.
Prior to turning professional in 2016, Shaw worked as a firefighter and combined this with his cycling training. After spells with Lakeside Wheelers and Aquablue, he was riding with Team ASEA Louth when he won the Irish Road Race Championship. He also competed for Louth at the 2015 An Post Rás where he won the County Rider classification.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pU8VMKdH0 An Post Rás 2015 - Q&A with Damien Shaw. Youtube.com]</ref>
The second and final victory of his career came on the UCI Europe Tour at the 2017 Tour du Loir et Cher riding for Irish professional team {{UCI team code|SKT|2017}}. Shaw was victorious on stage one and held the race lead until the end of stage four. He finished the race in sixth place, within a minute of winner Alexander Kamp and twelve seconds behind fourth-placed finisher and future Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard.<ref>[https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-du-loir-et-cher/2017/gc ProCyclingStats - Tour du Loir et Cher 2017]</ref>
==Major results== {{div col start}} ;2011 : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships ;2012 : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships ;2013 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2014 : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships ;2015 : 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships : 1st 20px County rider classification Rás Tailteann ;2016 : 5th Overall Rás Tailteann ;2017 : 5th Overall Rás Tailteann : 6th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stage 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/damien-shaw-wins-opening-stage-of-tour-du-loir-et-cher-video/|title=Damien Shaw wins opening stage of Tour du Loir et Cher (VIDEO) | the Bike Comes First|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517074249/http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/damien-shaw-wins-opening-stage-of-tour-du-loir-et-cher-video/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ;2018 : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Rás Tailteann {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Damien}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Irish male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Mullingar Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen
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